Anthurium flowers are small (about 3 mm) and develop crowded in a spike on a fleshy axis, called a spadix, a characteristic of the Araceae. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
The picture shows 2 spathes, each with a spadix flower head. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
But it also means tear, rend, etc. spadix is a botanical term. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: PRONUNCIATION QUIZ.] Reference
The spadix is comparatively small, black, and also covered with hairs. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
The anthers at the base of the spadix are curious, and should be examined. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
Flowers: Its flowers bloom in a spadix surrounded by a yellow-green spathe. From Wordnik.com. [Caladium, candleabra cactus and canna lily: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico] Reference
At the time of efflorescence the spadix is cut off and the pithy stem is tapped. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
The spadix is over 3in. long, club-shaped, spotted with brown, very much so near the end. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
Abbot's duiker Cephalophus spadix (VU) is restricted to Kilimanjaro and some neighboring mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania] Reference
The spadix is cylindrical, slender, terminating in along, whip-like extremity, much longer than the spathe. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885] Reference
The inflorescence has a long, thick yellowish spathe and a purplish spadix, though the seeds are often not fertile. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 29] Reference
The flowers in most of the order are small and inconspicuous, but aggregated on a spike (spadix) which may be of very large size. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
The flowers, which are visible at the bottom of the spadix. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Then the spadix collapses from its own weight and shrivels up. From Wordnik.com. [Pasadena Star-News Most Viewed] Reference
It is mixed here with the Piper flagellare, the spadix of which sometimes reaches three feet long. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
At Javita a salt is fabricated by the incineration of the spadix and fruit of the palm-tree seje or chimu. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
The inflorescences are racemosepanicles or spadix-like spikes that are protected by bracts of wood (spathes). From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The flowers on the spadix are often divided sexually with a sterile band-separating male from female flowers. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Male flowers are located in a band on top of the female flowers, which are visible at the bottom of the spadix. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Ossaroo was after, since there were no seeds, nor nuts -- only the flower, and that still hidden in its great spadix. From Wordnik.com. [The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains] Reference
The spadix is actually able to raise its temperature and in the shelter of the spathe creates a slightly warmer microclimate. From Wordnik.com. [BC Bloggers] Reference
Technically, what visitors will see is the inflorescence; the actual flowers are located on the base of the spadix, out of sight. From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
It begins with select mature mountain-fresh coconut sap or toddy, tapped from tender unopened inflorescence (spadix) or flower blossoms. From Wordnik.com. [Wil's Ebay E-Store]
Knutson’s figure predicts a much higher spadix temperature at an air temperature of 0 °C. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
Dendrolagus spadix. From Wordnik.com. [Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests] Reference
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